police and reported her as a runaway. she didn t call, she didn t check in. she didn t do anything. so the same pattern with me she did with the godmother. and i knew then that they were she neglected to say drinking, partying, smoking, having a good time. now i need to step in. i have to do something to keep her safe along with keeping the baby safe. so i put in a missing person s report. i want it to stop. i want her to go to school so when she gets out into society she won t be another statistic, she won t have a child who i have to take care of, because i want her to raise her own daughter. miss foster, would you be willing to take your daughter home if the court provides a supervision? i don t believe it would be successful. kymyada, first of all, you talked about that you were disrespectful and you cussed your mother out. you said, everybody does it. i got news for you, sweetie. not everybody cusses their
it seems unlikely that kymyada s side of the story has convinced the judge to drop the charge. her attorney is hoping the judge will at least consider a ruling that allows kymyada to go home while the court weighs its options. it s still unclear if her mother will consent to that arrangement. today what the court will do is find probable cause to believe that this young lady is in need of services. that no matter where she s placed, kymyada be provided parenting classes. that she begin the processing of working on her ged. if her parents don t take her home i ll order she ll be placed at 4:00 p.m. at alternative house and they ll provide those services. last and not least, i m going to order individual and parenting counseling. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. kymyada, i ll be in touch with you. i ll let you know what they decide. okay? let me talk to you guys outside.
i need kymyada. good morning, kymyada, how are you doing? ready for court? right this way, please. hopefully i ll go home and i ll be with my baby. right this way. i m just going to explain myself from the beginning to the end. leaving no parts out. because there s two sides to the story. this young lady is charged with runaway, right? correct. have a seat. kymyada, you re charged with running away. tell us what happened. well, monday me and my boyfriend and my cousin had the baby, and we was out all night. we didn t call nobody. then tuesday i dropped my daughter off at her grandmother s house because i was getting agitated with her. this is not my first time getting agitated. so agitated with your mother? no, my mom had nothing to do with this. it was my daughter. she was sleepy. i was getting cranky. everything.
was 14 years old. so i have been making progress. okay. judge, that s all i have. kymyada, where had you been with the baby all night? over at my cousin s house. we spent the night over there because it was late. is that a habit of yours to take this baby and drop it off different places? no, that is not a habit. no. huh-uh. and how old s your boyfriend? he s 18. is he in school? no, ma am. are you seeing a pattern here? you re not detecting a pattern of doing things in your life that isn t in your best interest? but i can t look at what he s doing. i got to do for me. yeah, we going together but people going to do what they want to do. i have no further questions, judge. kymyada, you may have a seat back there. next witness. judge, i m going to call kim foster to the stand, please. ms. foster, so the court can get
someone has to talk to children. there is abstinence. if you re going to have sex, there s condoms and birth control. let s try to be as responsible as we can. i think kymyada in her youth is a very selfish person. i think we re seeing that and hearing that today. what i haven t heard is i miss my baby, i want to go home. i think kymyada is going to keep doing what she wants to do. i think she s too young to understand what s in her best interest and the court needs to step in to assist her. kymyada says she wants to go home. she says she ll do better. i agree we have all heard that. before. i want the court to consider the available options the court has given the fact we re dealing with two children, not just one.